Into your heart! [ZhanYi FF]

Chapter 14 - Serious Matter

Yibo was pleased with himself and the world. He had already been training with Emily for a week for the upcoming internal competition and the two were making great progress. But instead of just dancing, they now decided to sing and dance. Which is no problem for the two stage experienced talents.

The training with Emily is very exhausting, but Yibo has a lot of fun and the two get along very well. They have become friends and Emily is now part of the small group of friends that Yibo has at the Keno Academy. Youn, Cheng and Wooseok also like her and get along well with her.

However, not everyone seems to be thrilled with the new friendship between Yibo and Emily. Because Alessia seemed to be even meaner now than before. She knows that Yibo and Emily are her biggest opponents for the victory. Especially now that she can't dance because of her sprained ankle and she has to sing, even though that's not her thing at all.

Another one who is not at all fond of the duo is Xiao Zhan. He has been remarkably unfriendly to Yibo over the past week. Again and again he watched everything Yibo did with an angry look. It even happened that he warned Yibo in a less than friendly manner, saying: "You should better concentrate on training and not flirt so much with your partner. Otherwise you won't win!" Yibo didn't know how to react to that. Because Zhan seemed to come out of nowhere and suddenly stood next to him and threw those words at him before disappearing again just as unseen.

Yibo was confused about Zhan's behavior. And so were Youn and Cheng. Especially Cheng said that he doesn't know his brother like that at all and that he is actually always friendly, helpful and polite. "I haven't heard such sharp comments from him at all. Maybe he is jealous." Said Cheng.

"Jealous? Why?" Asked Yibo. A small grain with the name Hope immediately sprouted in him again, but it was immediately dashed by Cheng.

"Well, maybe he would have liked to have Emily as a partner himself. Just like everyone else, he wants to win the competition. But with Alessia as his partner, he already knows that they have no chance. For him it would be the second defeat in a row. I think he's jealous because you have such a great partner and the win is practically already assured to you."

"I wouldn't say that Cheng. We have a lot of good pairs here that make great duos. Even our coaches say it's going to be tough this time and it's not clear who will end up winning. Rin and Maya, for example, have this medley of different songs and for each of those songs they have the matching dance. Or Gisa and George. They wrote a song and they play their own instruments to it. Have you heard them yet? Well I have. And they, believe me, are a double drum roll fireworks show!"

"And let's not forget Skylar and me. I sing and rap and she ballet dances to it. We're pretty darn good." Interjected Youn now, and Yibo confirmed his statement.

"You see Cheng? Nothing is set in stone. We all have a real chance to win. Even Zhan and Alessia. As far as I know, Zhan takes the biggest part in singing after all. And his voice alone is amazing."

"It's okay. Still, I think he's jealous because you have Emily by your side and he has Alessia." Gave Cheng in response.

"But maybe your brother is jealous for a completely different reason? He watches what Yibo and Emily do all the time. It annoys him when the two of them fool around and have fun. He told Yibo not to flirt with Emily." Gave Youn to consider.

"Do you think he's into Emily?" Cheng now asked, clearly confused.

"No. What I mean is that he might be interested in Yibo." Replied Youn.

"That would be nice for Yibo. But right now, I don't see it that way. I think it's more like competitive behavior and he just doesn't want to lose." Said Cheng and made it clear that he won't let anything else change his mind. And he as Zhan's brother should know Zhan best, right? So is Zhan really just a sore loser? Does he only care about Emily because she's better than Alessia?